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<span class=large>ZECHARIAH</span>
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CHAPTER 8
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In the last days, Jerusalem shall be restored, Judah shall be gathered, and the Lord will bless his people beyond anything of the past.
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Again</span> the word of the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> of hosts came <i>to me,</i> saying,
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Thus saith the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> of hosts; I was jealous for Zion with great jealousy, and I was <sup>a</sup><a href="zech/8/2a" mark="a" type="A" title="Zech. 1: 14.">jealous</a> for her with great fury.
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Thus saith the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span>; I am returned unto Zion, and will dwell in the midst of Jerusalem: and <sup>a</sup><a href="zech/8/3a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Jerusalem.">Jerusalem</a> shall be called a city of truth; and the <sup>b</sup><a href="zech/8/3b" mark="b" type="A" title="Dan. 9: 16; Joel 3: 17.">mountain</a> of the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> of hosts the holy mountain.
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Thus saith the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> of hosts; There shall yet <sup>a</sup><a href="zech/8/4a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Old Age.">old</a> men and old women dwell in the streets of Jerusalem, and every man with his staff in his hand for very age.
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And the streets of the city shall be full of boys and girls playing in the streets thereof.
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Thus saith the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> of hosts; If it be marvellous in the eyes of the remnant of this people in these days, should it also be marvellous in mine eyes?  saith the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> of hosts.
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Thus saith the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> of hosts; Behold, I will <sup>a</sup><a href="zech/8/7a" mark="a" type="H" title="JST Zech. 8: 7  . . .  gather  . . .">save</a> my people from the east country, and from the west country;
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And I will bring them, and they shall dwell in the midst of Jerusalem: and they shall be my <sup>a</sup><a href="zech/8/8a" mark="a" type="A" title="D&C 42: 9.">people</a>, and I will be their God, in truth and in righteousness.
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&#182; Thus saith the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> of hosts; Let your hands be strong, ye that hear in these days these words by the mouth of the <sup>a</sup><a href="zech/8/9a" mark="a" type="A" title="Ezra 5: 1.">prophets</a>, which <i>were</i> in the day <i>that</i> the foundation of the house of the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> of hosts was laid, that the temple might be built.
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For before these days there was no hire for man, nor any hire for beast; neither <i>was there any</i> peace to him that went out or came in because of the affliction: for I set all men every one against his neighbour.
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But now I <i>will</i> not <i>be</i> unto the residue of this people as in the former days, saith the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> of hosts.
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For the seed <i>shall be</i> prosperous; the vine shall give her fruit, and the ground shall give her increase, and the heavens shall give their dew; and I will cause the remnant of this people to possess all these <i>things.</i>
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And it shall come to pass, <i>that</i> as ye were a <sup>a</sup><a href="zech/8/13a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Curse.">curse</a> among the heathen, O house of Judah, and house of Israel; so will I <sup>b</sup><a href="zech/8/13b" mark="b" type="H" title="JST Zech. 8: 13  . . .  gather  . . .">save</a> you, and ye shall be a <sup>c</sup><a href="zech/8/13c" mark="c" type="C" title="Gen. 18: 18 (18-19); TG Israel, Blessings of.">blessing</a>: fear not, <i>but</i> let your hands be strong.
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For thus saith the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> of hosts; As I thought to punish you, when your fathers provoked me to wrath, saith the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> of hosts, and I <sup>a</sup><a href="zech/8/14a" mark="a" type="P" title="HEB relented.">repented</a> not:
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So again have I thought in these days to do well unto Jerusalem and to the house of Judah: fear ye not.
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&#182; These <i>are</i> the things that ye shall do; Speak ye every man the <sup>a</sup><a href="zech/8/16a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Truth.">truth</a> to his neighbour; execute the <sup>b</sup><a href="zech/8/16b" mark="b" type="B" title="TG Justice.">judgment</a> of truth and <sup>c</sup><a href="zech/8/16c" mark="c" type="B" title="TG Peacemakers.">peace</a> in your gates:
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And let none of you imagine evil in your hearts against his neighbour; and love no <sup>a</sup><a href="zech/8/17a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Lying.">false</a> oath: for all these <i>are things</i> that I hate, saith the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span>.
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&#182; And the word of the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> of hosts came unto me, saying,
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Thus saith the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> of hosts; The fast of the fourth <i>month,</i> and the fast of the fifth, and the fast of the seventh, and the fast of the tenth, shall be to the house of Judah joy and gladness, and cheerful feasts; therefore love the truth and peace.
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Thus saith the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> of hosts; <i>It shall</i> yet <i>come to pass,</i> that there shall come people, and the inhabitants of many cities:
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And the inhabitants of one <i>city</i> shall go to another, saying, Let us go speedily to pray before the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span>, and to seek the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> of hosts: I will go also.
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Yea, many <sup>a</sup><a href="zech/8/22a" mark="a" type="A" title="Zech. 2: 11; 2 Ne. 12: 3.">people</a> and strong nations shall come to seek the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> of hosts in Jerusalem, and to pray before the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span>.
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Thus saith the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> of hosts; In those days <i>it shall come to pass,</i> that ten men shall take hold out of all languages of the nations, even shall take hold of the skirt of him that is a Jew, saying, We will go with you: for we have heard <i>that</i> God <i>is</i> with <sup>a</sup><a href="zech/8/23a" mark="a" type="P" title="HEB you (plural).">you</a>.
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